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Planning 2005 holidays and we are looking at going in May/June to Eire instead of our traditional Wester Ross pligrimmage.Anyone got specific tips/advice about places/areas to explore for a first-time visitor? We like isolation, mountains and...
Muchachos"A Friend of Mine" has recently installed Windows XP Professional, upgrading from XP home. The fact that it is not working correctly is an aside..He used a disk from a chum, and was able to enter the 200 digit security code. A box came up...
Hy there!saw today kill bill (part one )for the first time. in the beginnning i thoughtthe theme is "spectacular cruelity for shocking and therefore selling argument".saw the whole movie and woul now rate tarantinoin the miles davis,frank...
Hi guys (or anyone else who knows about these things). I'm planning on getting either a fully-loaded iMac G5 20" OR a PowerMac G5 in the spring - a while away I know - but I have a question which maybe you can help with if you don't mind.Basically, a...
As another year comes to a close the Wired Tools 2004 link hits your browser and your pocket just in time for this year's spending spree.PS I'd rather have the money thanks.
See Ghost for sale.Hurry, you only have a day or so left to bid on this ghost on eBay.Apparently bids were over $15,000, but the silly ones were cancelled!cheers, MartinE-mail:- MartinPayne (at) Dial.Pipex.com. Put "Naim" in the title.
Micheal La Cey – How To Be A Tosser and Influence Absolutely NobodyI’m really enjoy this “piece of work” at the moment. It’s by a very uninfluential French petit con, who goes through life throwing his inconsiderable...
This is very much a posting of last resort... MDD 1.25 GHz DP, 1.5 GB RAM, 80 & 120 GB HDs. Mouse clicking on my Mac has become a nightmare. The mouse seems to be issuing multiple clicks with only a single press of the button. FE, clicking once on a message in Mail will open the mail in a new window. Clicking the Back button once in Safari will bring up the history drop-down menu. Clicking once on a document in the Finder will open the document/launch the doc's application, clicking on a...
Not sure if that's what they're actually called but...My grandad has this system in his house where there's a box downstairs linked to the phone line, and he wears a pendant around his neck with a button on it.. if the button is pressed it triggers an...
The 'baby' thread in the Hi-fi Corner reminded me of the classic Far Side cartoon...The one with two pilots sitting on top of a large young person lying a runway, with a control tower in the background. One of the pilots is saying "Magnetos...check!...
So please get out of mine unless you have anything of use to contribute.Hope this helps.MikeSpending money I don't have on things I don't need.
A bit of nostalgia that has kept us busy this afternoon at work. We're up to 93%. Have fun!http://uk.download.yahoo.com/ne/fu/oa/toysgames.xls
Just got home, the phone rang. It was a very pleasant young lady who asked for Mrs S. whho wasn't in.I took the message, apparently we have won a 7 night holiday for 4 in Europe and could she ring back on an 0870 number (I was promised it would be a...
For all us oldies who grew up on this childrens classic click on the Rainbow and follow the instructions.It's priceless!!Make sure your sound is onRegardsClive
You know that theory that goes something like: 'games are taking over from movies as cultural experiences'? In many cases I think it's rubbish, not least because most single player games these days seem boring and repetitive - at least compared to...
The British Military needs serious outside investigation into its training methods (youth) because it stinks, and like ID cards, I know, innit.Fritz Von Shootthebastardhe'sapoof
I hear this wonderful phrase used from time to time, and would like to know from whence it came?Best answer so far, is that it is naval slang, and corrupted from (to be slightly less offensive?) 'Cock and arse party' as a derisive term for a wardroom...
A 1Mb Broadband service has finally reached me.Bloody marvellous! (as most of you will know).I've had to abandon my old web-space that hosted my images, and am indebted to forum members for recommending 'Image Shack' for this purpose.Seems easy - here...
I nominate:http://www.deas.harvard.edu/softmat/ani.html
We were motoring gently along a twisting country road. When suddenly a Shell petrol tanker came straight at us! Right in then middle of the road! He drove straight through a sharp, chicane-like S-bend with double white line road markings. A cigarette...
If this works you should be able to see a picture ive just taken of the moon using my EOS 10D... on the back of a Celestron telescope..I know its not perfect by a long stretch but im quite pleased for a first attempt...anyone else into this sort of ...
Miss S is appearing in her first Nativity play at school...Miss S: "Mummy I'm going to be an angel."Mrs S: "You'll be a lovely angel. I'll see if I can video it to show Daddy how good your singing is."Miss S: "Oh, I'm not singing."Mrs S: "Really?"Miss...
Type dick into the search:http://www.argos.co.uk/Tony
My all time fave:http://ep.llnl.gov/msds/Chem120/lox-oxidation.html
Bob and friends have joined the war on terror, so who or what will be next? "Putting something like this into the field, we're about to start something that's never been done before," said Staff Sgt. Santiago Tordillos, waving to the black,...